Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.
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A Sermon by Joelle Novey
26 August 2012
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
I remember it so vividly — I am 10 years old, sitting on the banks of a lake at mid-morning, between tall grasses on all sides that closed around and over my head. I am a camper at Jewish summer camp in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania, and usually we pray the regular weekday morning liturgy, from books, on benches inside. But this morning, the counselors have told us to spend the prayer time each by ourselves, to go somewhere outside.
A Sermon by a Discipleship Year Intern
19 August 2012 Twelth Sunday after Pentecost One of the Discipleship Year interns shared a reflection on her life history, current faith calling, and fuoture vision.
A Sermon by Nat Reid
29 July 2012
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Our Gospel passage will be my point of departure today. I want to consider three things, primarily: the incredible fruitfulness, or abundance of God; the limitations of the rational mind we glimpse in Phillip; and the symbolism of the story which follows where we see Jesus walking across the water toward the disciples.
New Story Leadership 2012
22 July 2012 Eighth Sunday After Pentecost New Story Leadership for the Middle East is an organization that brings together Israeli and Palestinian young adults to work, live, and share their stories with one another and with faith communities. Participants in this summer’s program spoke at Seekers this morning during the time of sharing the Word. We heard from an Israeli and a Christian Palestinian is they described their struggles to write a “new story” of the tortured relationships between their peoples as well as to do the inner work needed by each to break out of their respective cultural patterns.
“Spiritual Freedom” by Pat Conover
15 July 2012
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Two weeks ago I preached about Communion as the sacrament which celebrates the new covenant written on our hearts, the covenant that binds us together in Seekers, the covenant made possible by the good gifts of God , the gifts we give and the gifts we receive. I talked about the love and caring and trust that makes us who we are, the love and caring that sings the harmony of alignment with the guidance and inspiration of Jesus, the opportunities to recognize and respond to the Presence of God in every moment and situation of our lives.
Today I’m going to talk about this gift of covenant as a gift of spiritual freedom, a freedom for shared here and now salvation.